To clear your computer entirely of cache files with CleanMyMac 3 you only have to perform 4 steps: If you are not totally comfortable with navigating your Mac’s filesystem and deleting the Cache files yourself, i’d recommend using MacPaws’s CleanMyMac 3, it’s widely regarded as the best all-in-one Mac cleaning utility. You then need to repeat the above steps but by replacing “~/Library/Caches” with: “/Library/Caches” and “~/Library/Logs” if you would like to remove your Mac’s Log files. Once you have all the files selected you can either just delete them by dragging them to the Trash folder in your Dock and then Emptying the Trash in the Finder main menu.Ħ. We then need to select all the files in the Cache folder, you can do this by first selecting an item within the Cache Folder and then going back to the Finder menu, then choosing Select All under the Edit Menu or by using the shortcut: CMD + Aĥ. The simplest way to make a quick copy is to hold the alt key and drag the folder to your desktop.Ĥ. At this stage it might be a good idea to quickly make a backup of the files we are about to delete, this is optional but it only takes a moment and in the very unlikely event we have a problem we can just put these back where they came from. In the Go To Folder dialog box enter: ~/Library/Cachesģ. In the Finder Menu, under GO choose “Go to Folder” you can also use the shortcut: Shift + CMD + GĢ.
The following steps will explain how to delete all these files from your Mac.ġ. There are three sets of Caches in OS X, the User Cache, the Browser Cache and the System Cache. Step 1: Ctrl+click your Trash in the the Dock.Deleting Cache and Log Files Manually on the Mac
Step 3: Delete those outdated iOS software updates. Step 2: Type in ~/Library/iTunes/iPad Software Updates for iPad or ~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates for iPhone. Step 3: Delete those outdated iOS backups. Step 2: Type in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/. Step 3: Delete those outdated iTunes Library backups. Step 2: Type in ~/Music/iTunes/Previous iTunes Libraries. Solution 3: Remove Old iTunes Library Backups Step 6: Delete the folders that take up the most space. Step 5: Type in /Library/Caches and hit Enter. Step 3: Delete the files and folders that are taking up the most space. Step 2: Type in ~/Library/Caches and hit Enter. Step 4: Go inside each sub-folders within the Logs folder and remove the system log files found there. Step 3: Select individual log files, then right-click and select Move to Trash. Step 2: Type in ~/Library/Logs and hit Enter to proceed to user log files folder. Step 1: Open Finder and select Go to Folder in the Go menu.
Solution 6: Empty out the Trash Solution 1: Remove User Log Files To remove system log files and application error crash reports from Mac OS, follow these steps.
System log files, application error crash reports, cache, iOS and iTune backup tend to build up from time to time which could possibly slow down Mac OS X (macOS).